Ghassan is an experienced finance and banking business developer and a financial engineer of investment products, with extensive experience in banking and investment on both the industry and the regulator side. He has chaired board and management committees, including risk, liquidity and asset placement, and credit facilities committees.
A proponent of Islamic finance, he advised the Banque du Liban on Islamic financial affairs and has advised the boards of several Islamic banks on product innovation, corporate governance and risk management.
Ghassan holds a PhD in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam — his dissertation, on concentration measures in investment portfolios, became a book — and advanced degrees in finance, business analytics, engineering and marketing. He has held senior positions at a central bank and an international credit rating agency, founded Orion Scoring & Rating, and co-founded Levant Trading Solutions and its trade-finance fund. He teaches at the American University of Beirut, the University of Balamand, Université Saint-Joseph and the Real World Risk Institute.